 Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty globe.  Milton's Poetical Works - Page 12by John Milton - 1853 - 661 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...spear, to equal which the tatlest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiml, were but a wand, He walk'd with, to support uneasy...those steps On Heaven's azure, and the torrid clime Srauie on him bore besides, vaulted with fire: Nathless he BO endur'd, till on the bench Of that inflamed... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...Through optic glass the Tuscan artist Tiews At evening , from the top of Fesole , Or in Yaldarno , to descry new lands , Rivers or mountains in her spotty...which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be l he mast Of some great admiral, were hut a wand, He walk'd wilh to support uneasy steps Over the b'.iruing... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,...the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marl, not like those steps On heaven's azure:... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1845 - 562 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand." &c. And the celebrated simile in Book IV. " As when to them who sail Beyond... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 564 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great admiral, were but a wand." &c. 356 And the celebrated simile in Book IV. " As when to them who sail... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...the moon, whose orb Through optick glass the Tuscan artist views A t evening from the top of Fesoli Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains...be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, lie walk'd with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure;... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist5 views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,6 to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her...Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral,7 were but a wand — He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle ; not... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 372 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optick glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno,...Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe. His spear, to equul which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Self-culture - 1845 - 778 pages
...Biot," in the Biograpliie Universdle. " The moon, whose orb, Through optic glass, the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole', Or in Valdarno,...lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe." A few days were spent by Galileo in rapidly reviewing the successive wonders that presented themselves... | |
 | Asa Mahan - Psychology - 1845 - 348 pages
...circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno,...new lands, Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe." The character and scene here presented, were created by the Imagination. The comparison of the shield... | |
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